Campaigners for health want stronger ad ban

By Catherine Gaunt, Nursery World, 28 February 2007

From next month, junk food advertising will be banned from television programmes made for pre-school children and programmes likely to appeal to children aged under nine, following a ruling last week by the media regulator Ofcom.

From next month, junk food advertising will be banned from television programmes made for pre-school children and programmes likely to appeal to children aged under nine, following a ruling last week by the media regulator Ofcom. However, children’s organisations criticised Ofcom for not going far enough in its review of junk food promotion to children because it did not agree to a ban...

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